Featured Hollin Hills Press Articles

Hollin Hills and Hollin Hills houses have been a consistent subject of many newspaper and magazine articles over the years, including the Washington Post, Fairfax Journal, the Washingtonian, Life, and Parents.

We’ve selected a few articles for you:

• Heart of Glass, David Morton
  Washington City Paper, September 5, 2003
  
  A little over 50 years ago, the future descended on 240 acres of woodland slopes near Mount Vernon. It came in glass-and-wood-paneled packages: modest-sized contemporary homes scattered among the Virginia trees like fallen pine cones. Hollin Hills was a vacation retreat priced like an average suburban subdivision...
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• back to the future, John A. Burns
  residential architect Magazine, June 1, 2001
  

  architect john a. burns, faia, looked back 50 years to find a house ahead of its time.

  The windows are the first thing that attract your attention: floor-to-ceiling, 3 feet wide, 24 square feet of glass. Welcome to Hollin Hills.
  [read full article on residential architect Online]
  

• Great Places to Live 2005
  BUNGALOW BEAUTIES: Charm in a simple package,
  Cecilia Capuzzi Simon,
  Washingtonian Online, April 7, 2005

MODERN LIVING
Hunting for contemporary gems

Washington’s residential architecture is famously conservative. But for those who want to cut against the grain, the region offers some stellar contemporary homes.

Hollin Hills, a neighborhood of about 450 homes south of Old Town Alexandria and west of Fort Hunt Road, offers the richest collection of contemporaries in the area. Built after World War II and into the 1960s, the homes come in 14 styles designed by local architect Charles Goodman. Most sit on wooded and hilly lots, using expanses of glass and wood detail to blend in with the area’s natural beauty. Bethesda architect Mark McInturff says the then-futuristic designs reflect the nation’s post-war urge to look optimistically to the century’s second half.

[read full article on the Washingtonian Online]

• Great Places to Live 2004
  Southern Comforts, Elizabeth Razzi
  Washingtonian Online, April, 2004
  

  Virginia Boasts Gracious Waterfront Living, Old Traditions, Cozy Communities, and Some of Dixie’s Prettiest Neighborhoods.

HOLLIN HILLS
Modern Living

Between Old Town Alexandria and Mount Vernon lies a neighborhood that revels in modern architecture. Built after World War II, homes here are low-slung contemporaries with lots of glass and wood.

Most of the roughly 450 houses are small, but floor-to-ceiling windows make them seem more roomy. Prices are in $400,000s and $500,000s for homes on small, heavily forested lots tucked among the hills to preserve the natural contours of the land.

Residents—including government and association workers, a few artists, and some original owners—are famous for community spirit; Hollin Hills has two swimming pools, an array of clubs (including a pottery group), and a community newsletter.

[read full article on the Washingtonian Online]